2020
An international cohort study investigating the impact of age on clinical outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib.
Sharma R, Hajiev S, Aval L, Bettinger D, Arizumi T, Pirisi M, Rimassa L, Personeni N, Pressiani T, Giordano L, Kudo M, Thimme R, Park J, Taddei T, Kaplan D, Ramaswami R, Pinato D, Allara E. An international cohort study investigating the impact of age on clinical outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 12049-12049. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.12049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverall survivalStarting doseHepatocellular carcinomaAdvanced-stage hepatocellular carcinomaLower starting doseSorafenib-related toxicityMedian overall survivalMulticentre cohort studyPortal vein thrombosisTerms of OSLow-dose therapyDose of sorafenibRates of toxicitySorafenib dosingSorafenib toxicityChild-PughDose therapyCohort studyElderly patientsOlder patientsVein thrombosisClinical efficacySimilar incidenceSpecialist centresLarge tumors
2017
Starting Dose of Sorafenib for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective, Multi-Institutional Study
Reiss KA, Yu S, Mamtani R, Mehta R, D'Addeo K, Wileyto EP, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. Starting Dose of Sorafenib for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective, Multi-Institutional Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2017.73.824. PMID: 28872925, PMCID: PMC5662845, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.73.8245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSorafenib patientsHazard ratioOverall survivalHepatocellular carcinomaPotential confoundersNoninferiority marginEnd-stage liver disease-sodium (MELD-Na) scoreVeterans Health Administration hospitalsHigher Child-TurcottePotential treatment biasReduced pill burdenComorbidity Index scorePrimary end pointFirst-line therapyGastrointestinal adverse effectsDose of sorafenibSignificant OS differenceAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaLower overall survivalMultivariate logistic regressionMulti-institutional studyChild-TurcotteOS relativePugh scorePurpose Sorafenib